Meanings
nounheiress (plural heiresses)
plural heiresses
- A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit.
1 more example
"Do you know, Julia, that Charles has taken some wild-goose fancy into his head about marrying?" "Why, what heiress have you picked up?" asked his sister. "I am sure that I am very glad of it, though I cannot form a guess who it is. I never knew a season so unprofitable in that respect as the present."
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 120 - A woman who has received an inheritance.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic وَارِثَة
- وَارِثَة (wāriṯa)a woman who stands to inherit
Bulgarian насле́дничка
- насле́дничка (naslédnička)a woman who stands to inherit
Czech dědička
- dědičkaa woman who stands to inherit
Danish arving
- arvinga woman who stands to inherit
Estonian pärijanna, pärija
- pärijannaa woman who stands to inherit
- pärijaa woman who stands to inherit
Finnish perijätär
- perijätära woman who stands to inherit
French héritière, successeuse
- héritièrea woman who stands to inherit
- successeusea woman who stands to inherit
- successricea woman who stands to inherit
German Erbin
- Erbina woman who stands to inherit
Irish banoidhre
- banoidhrea woman who stands to inherit
Italian ereditiera
- ereditieraa woman who stands to inherit
Japanese 世継ぎ
- 世継ぎ (yotsugi)a woman who stands to inherit
Latin hēres
- hēresa woman who stands to inherit
Latvian mantiniece
- mantiniecea woman who stands to inherit
Lithuanian paveldėtoja
- paveldėtojaa woman who stands to inherit
Polish dziedzicka, spadkobierczyni
- dziedzickaa woman who stands to inherit
- spadkobierczynia woman who stands to inherit
- sukcesorkaa woman who stands to inherit
Portuguese herdeira
- herdeiraa woman who stands to inherit
Romanian moștenitoare
- moștenitoarea woman who stands to inherit
Russian насле́дница, прее́мница
- насле́дница (naslédnica)a woman who stands to inherit
- прее́мница (prejémnica)a woman who stands to inherit
Scottish Gaelic ban-oighre
- ban-oighrea woman who stands to inherit
Slovak dedička
- dedičkaa woman who stands to inherit
Spanish heredera
- herederaa woman who stands to inherit
Swedish arvinge, arvtagerska
- arvingea woman who stands to inherit
- arvtagerskaa woman who stands to inherit
Ukrainian наслі́дниця, спадкоє́миця
- наслі́дниця (naslídnycja)a woman who stands to inherit
- спадкоє́миця (spadkojémycja)a woman who stands to inherit
Welsh aeres
- aeresa woman who stands to inherit
Cite this entry
APA
heiress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heiress
MLA
“heiress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heiress. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heiress,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heiress.
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